Flag-support



W. 6. MARK.

FLAG SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.29, 1919.

Patented Nov. 23,1920.

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W1IiLIAIJE e. Man acs BAKERSFIELD, camronmaf ,VFLAG-SUPPORT. I

T 0 all whom it mag concern:

I Be it known that I, NI'LLIAM G. MARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bakersfield; in the county of Kern and State v of California, have'invented a new and useful Flag-Support, of whlch the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates to flag supports and tain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements whereof are recitedin the appended claims and a preferred form ofembodiment of which is described in detail hereinafter and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this disclosure.

:Inthe drawing corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which:

I Figure 1 is a-perspective view of my im- 7 proved flag staff and container.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of. the upper portion thereof with the flag omitted. V

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the upper portion of the elevator.

. Fig.4 is a plan section on line w -eas of Fig; 2.

-Fig. 5 is 'a plan section on line az -m of v Fig. 2, showing the flag furled.

Fig. 6 is a detail vertical section on line In the drawings, l designates a tubular flag staff forming a housing for the flag and he flag manipulating mechanism. Secured in the lower end of the'staff is a bearing plug 2 which is rotatably journaled in a base 3, suitable ball bearings being provided,, as shown, if desired. A cap 1 closes the top of the staff as a protection for the interior mechanism of the staff.

The flag manipulating mechanism is carried by an elevator vertically slidable within the staff and comprising a bottom plate 5,

Specification of Letters Patent. Paten g egl. NO '23 App1icati0n filed September 29, 1919. Serial No. 327,237. i

a top plate'ri, ancintermediate'plate.7 and a ;pa r of opposed tie bars 8.9, joinedto each of the plates respectively. A pair of .op'-' posed vertical guiderods 10'--11 is positioned closely adjacent the inner periphery of the start and the rods are secured at theiropposite ends to. the stall. Vertical grooves 12-743 are formedinthe outer surfaces of the tie bars 8+9. of the elevator-and the rods 10.-11

engage in these grooves to maintain. the ele vator 1n spaced relatlon to the staff,'providing a freely slldableelevator free from frictional contact with the inner periphery of the stafi. I

- The elevator has'a weight 14: attached to the bottomplate 5,130 influence the downward I cable sheaves 16-17,and is attached to a bail 18 fixed to the topplate 6 of'the elevator. A buffer spring 20 is positioned on the plug 2 of the stafi' and the-staif is provided with a door affording access to the interior thereof.

The staff 1' hasv a vertical slot 21 serving as a flag passage and the elevator frame inciudes upper and lower key bars 2223 adapted toengage within said slot. These key'bars serve as means for preventing the elevator from turning;

The flag furling and 'unfurling'mechanism comprisesh'a flagarbor' 25 rotatably jonrnaled in' the elevator plates 5, 6 and '7' and provided with a drumjQG between the bottom andintermediate plates 5 and An opera-ting cable 27is attached to said drum as at 28 with its ends 'wound around the drum and entrained through-openings in the keybar 23 over sheaves 2930 journaled within saidopenings.

Closely adjacent the inner periphery of the staff and positioned on opposite sides of the slot 21, I provide two coiiperating feed rollers 31-432 which are journaled in the V elevator plates Sand 7 with their upper ends projecting above the top plate 6-and rotatably connected by intermeshing gear pinions 333t fixed thereto. The pinion 33 meshes with an idler gear 35 which is journaled on the top plate 6 and in turn meshes with a gear pinion 36 fixed to the upper extended end of the flag arbor 25. This mechanism provides a flag arbor and a pair of feed rollers which are coincidently rotated by the manipulation of the operating cable.

The flag 37 is secured to the flag arbor and is entrained between the feed rollers 3l32 and outwardly through the slot 21 in thetubular staff and as shown, has binding ropes 38 attached to the top and bottom edges thereof and to accommodate these ropes, the feed rollers, adjacent their ends, are provided withtransversely alined circumferential grooves 39-89 and 404l0.

For the purpose of guiding the flag through the slot 21- I provide pairs of guide wheels lll1 and 'et2e2 which are jouraled in the on aosed limbs of the bifurcated ends of the'lreybars 2228. These wheels are. relatively spaced to permit the flag to pass between their adjacent sides and the periphery thereof is contoured to engage the binding ropes on opposite sides of the flag, as shown in Fig. 6.

To limit the furling'of the flag, the binding ropes 38 have knotted ends or are other wise enlarged as by a cap 48, as shown in Fig.

Suitable cleats 45 a; are secured to the exterior of the lower portion of the staff for securing the ends of the cables and the staff is provided with a door 4-9 affording access to the interior.

Fig. 2 showlsthe mechanism as positioned when the flag is unfurled. To furl the flag the end a; of the cable 27 is pulled to rotate the tie arbor andthe feed rollers 3l'-32 at the ane time winding the opposite run of the cable 27 upon the lower portion of the drum 26 for a subsequent reverse rotation thereof.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described compris ing a tubular flag staff having closed ends and a longitudinal slot, a flag supporting and manipulating mechanism contained and vertically movable in said staff and having means engaging into the slot to retain said mechanism against bodily rotary movement, and means for translating said mechanism.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tubular flag staff having a longitudinal flag passage, a flag supporting and manipulating mechanism slidably mounted within said staff, means for translating said mechanism, and means for maintaining said mechanism in spaced relation to the inner periphery of the staff.

A device of the class described comprising a tubular-flag staff having a longitudinal flag passage, an elevator slid-ably mounted within said staff, means preventing rotation of the elevator, a flag arbor journaled in the elevator, feed rollers journaled in the elevator, means for rotating the arbor and feed rollers, and means for translating the elevator.

4: A device of the classdescribed compris a tubular flag'staff having a longitudinal flag passage, an elevator slidably mounted ithin said staff, means preventing rotation of the elevator, a flag arbor journaled in the elevator, feed rollers journaled in the elevator, transmission devices connecting the arbor and feed rollers, means for rotating the arbor and feed rollers, and i'neans for translating the elevator.

5. A. device of the class described comprising a tubular flag staff having a longitudinal flag passage, an elevator slidably mounted within said staff, means preventing rotation of the elevator, a flag arbor journaled in the elevator, feed rollers journaled in the elevator, guide wheels journaled in the elevator adjacent the ends of the flag passage, means for rotating the arbor and feed rollers, and means for translating the elevator.

G. A. device of the class described comprising a tubular flag staff having a longitudinal flag passage, an elevator slidably mounted within said staff. means preventing rotation of the elevator, a flag arbor journaled in the elevator, a pair of feed rollers journaled in the elevator at oppositesides of the flag passage and having relatively alined circumferential grooves, guide wheels journaled in the elevator, means for rotating the arbor and feed rollers, means for translatin the elevator, a flag having rope bound efges and attached to the arbor with the binding ropes entrained in the grooves'of the feed rollers and engaging the guide wheels, the flag being entrained between said feed rollers and through the flagv passage of the staff.- I

A device of the class described compris ing a tubular flag staff having a longitudi-' nal slot, an elevator slidable in said staff and engaging the slot to prevent rotary movement of the elevator, flag supporting and manipulating mechanism carried by the elevator. and means for translating the elevator. Signed. at Bakersfield, California, this 19th day of September, 1919.

V lVILLl'AM G. MARE. lVitnesses:

PAUL K. BARRETT, Jnssn HABE KERER. 

